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InfiniAM™ Spectral
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  • Page 1 User guide H-5800-3919-02-A InfiniAM™ Spectral ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS...
  • Page 2 This document may not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part, or transferred to any other media or language by any means, without the prior written permission of Renishaw. Renishaw plc. Registered in England and Wales. Company no: 1106260. Registered office: New Mills, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 8JR, UK.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Before you begin ............1.1 Disclaimer .
  • Page 4 InfiniAM™ Spectral Specification ............. . . 6.1 InfiniAM™...
  • Page 5 10.3 Comparing volumes ..........10.18 10.3.1 Main toolbar .
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  • Page 7: Before You Begin

    Renishaw office. Renishaw warrants its equipment and software for a limited period (as set out in the Standard Terms and Conditions), provided that they are installed and used exactly as defined in associated Renishaw documentation.

  • Page 8: Patents

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 1.5 Patents Features of Renishaw's additive manufacturing systems, and other similar systems, are the subject of one or more of the following patents and/or patent applications: 1.5.1 RenAM 500M CA 2738618 EP 2331232 JP 2018-523015 US 10493562 WO2014/125258...

  • Page 9: Datahub

    (SVHCs) is available at: www.renishaw.com/REACH 1.9 Control of pollution, applicable in the People’s Republic of China Renishaw has prepared a table in accordance with the provisions of SJ/T 11364. This is available on request from Renishaw.

  • Page 10: Infiniam™ Limitations

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 1.10 InfiniAM™ limitations 1.10.1 Introduction InfiniAM™ has been designed to provide the optimum viewing experience. However, there are some limits to the system performance, described below. 1.10.2 Using multiple layer thicknesses It is possible to use more than one layer thickness during a build, for example, 30 µm and 60 µm. This can be either as separate parts or using the "Shell"...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    2 Introduction 2.1 Introduction Renishaw has developed the InfiniAM™ Spectral software to monitor and provide feedback on the optical emissions from the AM process. This feedback is essential in understanding component build quality before and after the build has completed, and monitoring laser input characteristics and beampath spectral emissions.

  • Page 12: Abbreviations

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 2.3 Abbreviations Term Definition Additive Manufacturing AMPM Additive Manufacturing Process Monitoring Computer Aided Design File Transfer Protocol Human Machine Interface (touch screen) Institute of Electrical Engineers Internet Information Services Internet Protocol Original Equipment Manufacturer Personal Computer Programmable Logic Controller REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals WEEE...

  • Page 13: Training Schedule

    2.5 Training schedule Renishaw provides a basic level of training to operate the InfiniAM™ system safely. Renishaw also offers extended training courses for operators and process engineers. Please refer to this User guide and the Training guide supplied as part of the user training course that all users should complete before using the InfiniAM™...
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  • Page 15: Spare Parts

    Year of manufacture Details of your Renishaw AM system can be found on the serial plate on the rear of the AM system. Details of the MeltVIEW module can be found on the serial plate which is visible when MeltVIEW is installed on the Renishaw AM system.
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  • Page 17: Contact Details

    Details of the InfiniAM™ system hardware – the MeltVIEW module – can be found on the serial plate which is visible when Spectral is installed on the Renishaw AM system. Additional support can be sought by contacting your local Renishaw office. See:...
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  • Page 19: Safety

    5.1 Introduction WARNING: ALL SAFETY INFORMATION IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE RENISHAW AM SYSTEM USER GUIDE AND RENISHAW AM SYSTEM INSTALLATION GUIDE – UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT. WARNING: ENSURE THAT A BLANKING PLATE OR THE MELTVIEW HARDWARE MODULE IS FITTED TO THE LASER APERTURE BEFORE TURNING ON THE AM SYSTEM LASER.

  • Page 20: Infiniam™ Specific Laser And Warning Labels

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 5.2 InfiniAM™ specific laser and warning labels Additional InfiniAM™ specific laser and warning labels are fitted to the MeltVIEW module. They are as follows: Class 4 Custom laser specific label positioned on the MeltVIEW module below the cable connection (see Figure 1).

  • Page 21: Specification

    Any specification not listed in the table below is available upon request – see Section 4 "Contact details" for the contact details of your local Renishaw office. For the Renishaw AM system Installation or User guide, contact your local Renishaw office.

  • Page 22: Pc Hardware Specification

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 6.3 PC hardware specification 6.3.1 Data Collection PC hardware specification (customer supplied) Processor Minimum Intel i7 quad core (or equivalent) Graphics card Minimum NVIDIA GeForce 1080 Ti, 11 GB (or better) 32 GB DDR4 Solid state drive Minimum Recommended 4 TB Hard disk drive...

  • Page 23: Description

    3D CAD data. The aim of this document is to describe to a Renishaw AM system user how to use the Renishaw InfiniAM™ system, including hardware and software. This will include a description of how to operate the InfiniAM™...

  • Page 24: Meltview

    The MeltVIEW module is an in-line opto-mechanical system which integrates seamlessly into Renishaw AM systems. The device is passive and does not interfere with the laser beam line nor interrupt or corrupt the signals to and from the motion control system. The co-axial optical configuration gives a view of the bed which is determined by the laser scanning system, ensuring the melt-pool remains in focus of the sensors throughout the build.

  • Page 25: Laserview

    7.1.2 LaserVIEW The laser monitoring module measures the output of the laser in a Renishaw AM system. At the core of the system is a photodiode which delivers high-speed performance at the laser wavelength. An infrared sensitive photodiode located behind the first turning mirror in the Renishaw optical module is used to capture leakage laser light.
  • Page 26 Powder bed MeltVIEW melt-pool near-infrared photodiode Droplets of molten material Focusing lens Optical window Mirror Plasma Mirror Melt-pool Collimation lens Galvanometer mirror LaserVIEW system photodiode Renishaw optical module ™ Figure 4 The anatomy of an InfiniAM Spectral equipped AM system...
  • Page 27 Viewing PC with InfiniAM™ Spectral software 1 Gigabit or 10 Gigabit Ethernet connection supporting single or multiple Renishaw AM systems Data Collection PC with DataHUB software Figure 5 How data is transferred from Renishaw AM systems via a Data Collection PC to viewing PCs...
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  • Page 29: Commissioning And Decommissioning

    8.1 Commissioning The InfiniAM™ system will be commissioned by a Renishaw Service engineer. See Section 4 "Contact details" for the contact details of your local Renishaw office. WARNING: THE AM SYSTEM MUST BE ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED BEFORE ANY WORK IS CARRIED OUT.
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  • Page 31: Software Installation

    9 Software installation 9.1 InfiniAM™ Spectral software pre-installation questionnaire Customer supplied equipment Is a 1 Gigabit or 10 Gigabit Ethernet with Cat6 cabling available?  Yes Is a Data Collection PC available to the following specification:  Yes Processor Minimum Intel i7 quad core (or equivalent) Graphics card Minimum...

  • Page 32: Infiniam™ Spectral Installation And Activation

     Yes so that the Data Collection PC can be accessed by the AM system? NOTE: Renishaw will not be able to install and run the software effectively if the Data Collection PC does not meet this specification. NOTE: The Data Collection PC does not need to be a desktop machine with a monitor – it can be accessed through remote desktop connection if needed.

  • Page 33: Operation

    10 Operation 10.1 10.1 Introduction InfiniAM™ Spectral displays volume files generated by DataHUB from LaserVIEW or MeltVIEW AMPM data. InfiniAM™ Spectral can display volumes that are complete or volumes that are still being processed, in which case only the processed sections of the data will be displayed. 10.2 Viewing volume files using InfiniAM™...
  • Page 34 InfiniAM™ Spectral The 'Select Volumes' page is displayed. To select the volume to be viewed, select the browse '…' button (see Figure 7). This opens a dialog box and enables you to browse to the *.vol file generated by DataHUB. Locate the *.vol file to be viewed and select 'OK'. 10.2 '…' and 'OK' buttons Figure 7 Spectral Select Volumes...

  • Page 35: Infiniam™ Spectral Basic Navigation Controls

    Select the 'Load Volume' button to add the volume to the list that will be available for viewing. A volume can be removed from this list by selecting the '×' button in the 'Remove' column of the 'Loaded Volumes' list (see Figure 9). 10.3 Figure 9 Spectral 'Load Volume', 'Remove Volume' and 'OK' buttons Select the 'OK' button (see Figure 9) to proceed to view the volumes in the main viewing mode.
  • Page 36 InfiniAM™ Spectral • Measurement (2D mode only) – double-click on the view to begin the measurement from that point, move the mouse to the end measurement point and single-click to stop measuring. The measurement distance (in mm) is then displayed at the bottom of the quadrant. To clear the measurement, simply single-click anywhere within the view.

  • Page 37: Spectral Toolbar Controls

    10.2.2 Spectral toolbar controls In the Volume view, the InfiniAM™ Spectral toolbar contains the following controls (see Figure 11). 10.5 Home button – see Section 10.2.2.1 Selected volume dropdown – see Section 10.2.2.6 Manage volumes button – see Section 10.2.2.2 View reset –...

  • Page 38: Manage Volumes Button

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 10.2.2.2 Manage volumes button (2) Manage volumes button (see Figure 13) – this opens the 'Load volumes' dialog box and enables further volumes to be loaded (see Figure 7). Existing volumes can also be removed. 10.6 Figure 13 'Manage volumes' button 10.2.2.3 Control displayed data button (3) Control displayed data button (see Figure 14) –...
  • Page 39 This only affects the histogram view (see Figure 17). • Out of range – this assigns a colour to the trimmed data. Renishaw recommends using a colour not used to represent data in the histogram. This only affects histogram view (see Figure 17).

  • Page 40: Compare Volumes Button

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 10.2.2.4 Compare volumes button (4) Compare volumes button (see Figure 18) – selecting the 'Compare volumes' button opens a new screen which displays a comparison between two layers in the same or different volumes (see section 10.3). NOTE: The 'Compare volumes' tool enables comparison of 2D pixel data only, not 3D data. 10.8 Figure 18 'Compare volumes' button 10.2.2.5 Orthographic/Perspective view button...

  • Page 41: Sync Current Volume Button

    10.2.2.8 Sync current volume button (9) Sync current volume button (see Figure 22) – selecting this will automatically update the volume data from a live build. 10.9 Figure 22 'Sync current volume' button NOTE: This only applies to 3D data. The data displayed in the Z cut plane view will update automatically as more 2D data becomes available.

  • Page 42: Close Window Button

    InfiniAM™ Spectral The 'Change displayed data region' (see Figure 25) comes with three options: • Within bounds – this displays the data range covered by the palette slider in the 'Control displayed data' control. The data is shaded using the currently selected palette. •...

  • Page 43: Volume View Controls

    10.2.3 Volume view controls The Volume view of the loaded volume contains four panes (see Figure 27). The four panes are as follows: 10.11 X cut plane Y cut plane Z cut plane Multiplanar view of the volume file Figure 27 Volume view with four panes showing four views of the part NOTE: The cut plane views enable the volume data to be inspected in all dimensions, in both 2D and 3D.

  • Page 44: X, Y And Z Cut Plane Controls

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 10.2.3.1 X, Y and Z cut plane controls The X, Y and Z cut plane views (see Figure 28) have the following controls: 10.12 Displays the position of the cut plane (see Screenshot (see Figure 34) Figure 29) Maximise/Minimise view (see Figure 35) Show/Hide in multiplanar view (see Cursor position (see Figure 36)
  • Page 45 (2) Show/Hide in multiplanar view button (see Figure 30) – selecting this enables a choice of whether to Show or Hide the cut plane in the multiplanar view. Figure 30 Show/Hide in multiplanar view button 10.13 (3) Flip cut plane button (see Figure 31) – when in 3D mode, this changes whether the region of the volume in front of or behind the cut plane is displayed.
  • Page 46 InfiniAM™ Spectral (7) Maximise/Minimise view button (see Figure 35) – this toggles whether the view occupies a quarter of the screen (minimised) or the whole screen (maximised). Figure 35 Maximise/Minimise view button 10.14 (8 and 9) Cursor position (see Figure 36) – this displays the orientation of the cut plane. When 2D data is being viewed, the relative position of the cursor in the plane will be displayed in millimetres next to the orientation characters.
  • Page 47 • In the X, Y and Z cut plane views, there is a slider that can be dragged to make large changes to the cut plane position (see Figure 39). 10.15 Figure 39 X, Y and Z cut plane slider •...

  • Page 48: Multiplanar View Controls

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 10.2.3.2 Multiplanar view controls The multiplanar view (see Figure 41) has the following controls: 10.16 Navicube (see Figure 42) Toggle build plate (see Figure 45) Reset camera (see Figure 43) Maximise/minimise view (see Figure 53) Screenshot (see Figure 44) Figure 41 Multiplanar view and controls NOTE: The multiplanar view shows the current position of the X, Y and Z cut planes, and is useful for providing overall orientation during the volume inspection process.
  • Page 49 (2) Reset camera button (see Figure 43) – this resets the camera to the default viewing position. Figure 43 Reset camera button 10.17 (3) Screenshot button (see Figure 44) – selecting this opens the 'Save screenshot' dialog box. This enables capturing of a screenshot of the currently active pane in *.png, *.jpg or *.bmp format. If the currently active pane is maximised, the view saved will be of the maximised pane.

  • Page 50: Comparing Volumes

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 10.3 Comparing volumes The Compare Volumes screen (see Figure 47) displays two layers and a comparison between them. It can compare any two layers in any of the loaded volumes. Examples of potentially useful comparisons are: • Between parts within the same volume, where a build contains multiples of the same part 10.18 •...

  • Page 51: Main Toolbar

    10.3.1 Main toolbar In the Compare Volumes screen, the main toolbar contains the following controls (see Figure 48): 10.19 Home button – see Section 10.3.1.1 Manage Volumes button – see Section 10.3.1.2 Control Data Ranges Being Compared button – see Section 10.3.1.3 Display Volume button –...

  • Page 52: Display Volume Button

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 10.3.1.4 Display Volume button (4) Display Volume button (see Figure 52) – this returns the application to the Display Volume Screen (see Section 10.2.2). 10.20 Figure 52 ‘Display Volume’ button 10.3.1.5 Screenshot button (5) Screenshot button (see Figure 53) – selecting this opens the Save screenshot dialog box. This allows you to capture a screenshot of the comparison view (see Section 10.3.4) in *.png, *.jpg or *.bmp format.

  • Page 53: Reference Layer

    10.3.2 Reference layer The top left view displays the 2D data for the reference layer. 10.21 Selected Volume – see Section 10.3.2.1 Selected Layer – see Section 10.3.2.2 Layer Position – see Section 10.3.2.2 X and Y Positions – see Section 10.3.2.3 Reference Layer Display –...

  • Page 54: Navigating The Reference Layer

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 10.3.2.3 Navigating the reference layer The Reference Layer display (5) displays the 2D data for the selected layer of the selected reference volume. If the mouse is currently over the Reference Layer display, the X and Y Positions (4) will display the XY coordinates of the position indicated by the mouse in millimetres, relative to the centre of the build volume.

  • Page 55: Selecting The Compared Volume

    10.3.3.1 Selecting the compared volume The Selected Volume (1) provides a dropdown list of the set of loaded volumes. Selecting an item from the dropdown list will use that volume as the compared volume for the comparison. Volumes are identified by the alias provided when they were loaded, or the name and location of the file, if no alias was provided.

  • Page 56: Comparison Of Layers

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 10.3.4 Comparison of layers The right-hand view displays the comparison between the reference and compared layers. The comparison is calculated by subtracting the value of each pixel in the compared layer from the aligned pixel in the reference layer. The difference is then mapped onto a colour scale – a “more red” pixel implies that the compared pixel at this location has a lower intensity than the reference pixel at this location;...

  • Page 57: Spectrum Bar

    By clicking and dragging the right mouse button in the Comparison of Layers display, the view of the reference layer, compared layer, and comparison will be synchronously panned in X and Y. By clicking and dragging the middle mouse button or scrolling the scroll wheel while on the Comparison of Layers display, the view of the reference layer, compared layer, and comparison will synchronously zoom in and out.

  • Page 58: Control Data Ranges Being Compared

    InfiniAM™ Spectral 10.3.5 Control Data Ranges Being Compared 10.26 Reference Data Range – see Section 10.3.5.1 Compared Data Range – see Section 10.3.5.1 Comparison Histogram – see Section 10.3.5.2 Figure 61 Control Data Ranges Being Compared Window 10.3.5.1 Changing the Compared Data Ranges The Reference Data Range (1) and Compared Data Range (2) control what range of the source data is displayed in their respective view and used in the comparison.

  • Page 59: Aligning The Reference And Compared Data

    The Histogram (7) displays the distribution of values across all layers in the source volume. Peaks tend to correlate with different laser parameters – for example, where different parameters are used when melting the borders of a part compared to the internals of the part, or with defects. The Range Slider (5) controls what sub-section of the full range of the data values will be used in the comparison.
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  • Page 61: Infiniam™ Spectral Maintenance

    The LaserVIEW and MeltVIEW hardware modules must be calibrated by Renishaw Service engineer. There are no user-serviceable parts within the LaserVIEW and MeltVIEW hardware modules. See Section 4 "Contact details" for the contact details of your local Renishaw office and to arrange a service visit.
  • Page 62 Renishaw plc +44 (0) 1453 524524 +44 (0) 1453 524901 New Mills, Wotton-under-Edge uk@renishaw.com Gloucestershire, GL12 8JR www.renishaw.com United Kingdom For worldwide contact details, visit www.renishaw.com/contact *H-5800-3919-02 © 2020 Renishaw plc Issued: 11.2020 Part no. H-5800-3919-02-A...

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